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Christmas was being celebrated across the world. Lights glowed, laughter echoed, and joy hung thick in the winter air.
But Siena’s heart was anything but joyful.
Her bright hazel eyes remained fixed on a familiar, devastatingly charming smile—the same one that had once made her heart race.
Fabio Santoro.
The only man she had ever loved.
He had been her senior in school—smart, handsome, effortlessly popular. Like every other girl, she had admired him from afar for three long years. Six months ago, when he landed his first job, he had finally asked her to be his girlfriend. She had believed that meant something.
Tonight, she realized how wrong she had been.
Because that smile wasn’t meant for her anymore.
It was meant for the woman standing beside him—the woman who had bullied Siena in high school and whom he was now about to propose to.
Her grip tightened around the beer bottle as her chest burned with a mix of alcohol and betrayal. She took another swig, her eyes stinging, then suddenly pushed through the crowd, heading straight for the stage where the picture-perfect couple stood.
Behind her, Anna and Riya hurried after her, alarmed. They exchanged a quick, panicked glance. Just as Siena raised the bottle, fury burning in her eyes, ready to smash it over Fabio’s head, both girls lunged forward and grabbed her arms, pulling her back with all their strength.
Gasps and shrieks rippled through the crowd as heads turned, the music dying mid-beat.
All eyes were on Siena—the heartbroken girl crashing her ex’s engagement.
“What the hell are you doing?!” screamed Fabio’s fiancée, her eyes wide with panic as she stepped back in her heels.
“Oh my God—Siena?” Fabio gasped, still unable to believe the girl who once loved him more than her own life had just tried to kill him. “Are you out of your mind?!”
“Yes! I am out of my mind!” Siena shouted, struggling against Anna and Riya’s grip as they tried to hold her back. Her eyes were red and wild, and her chest heaved with rage. “Are you two seriously trying to protect this lying bastard?”
Anna groaned, “No, babe—we’re trying to keep you from spending the rest of your life behind bars.”
“I don’t care if I get a life sentence or end up on death row! I swear I’ll kill this asshole!” she screamed, her voice cracking under the weight of heartbreak and fury.
Hotel security rushed to the scene. One of the guards quickly yanked the bottle from Siena’s hand while the others started speaking into radios and demanding to call the cops.
“No need to call the cops. Let her go,” Fabio said suddenly as he looked at her.
For a second, Siena froze.
